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G. L. RICHARDS. MACHINE FOB FEBDING oFF NEWSPAPERS.

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GEORGE L. RlflIltDS. Ul" BRUUKLINI. MASSA(iiUSllT'lS- ASSIHNOR, BY MESNE ASSGN- MENTE, Tt) NIILSEN MAILING VM'HINHRY t( ).\IlAl\'Y (JF llilli, PENNSYLVANIA, A COR- MACHINE FOR FEEDING OFF NEWSPAPERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application tiled March 21. 1904. Serial No. 199,150.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, Gnoitor, L. Riciiaiins, a citizen of the. L'nited States, residingr at Brookline, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, havel invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ma chiites for Feeding Off Newspapers, of which the following is a specification. reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has refei'ence to improvements in machines for feeding otl' newspapers, magazines and similar objects from piles thereof, whereby the newspapers, etc., may be periodically fed to mechanism for folding the saine and placingr a wrapper thereon, or whereby the newspapers or other objects may be otherwise manipulated.

(lne object of the invention is to so construct a feedingr mechanism of this nature that newspapers, magazines, and similar ai'- ticlesl ma)v be automatically and accuratel)i fed forward from a liftingr or elevatingr nicchanism to a machine adapted to subject such newspapeis, etc., to manipulation. and particularlv for folding.r and wrapping such papers or articles.

Another object of the invention is to so construct a machine of this character that the liftingr mechanism shall be autoniaticallv controlled. as to its movement, by the pressure thereon of an article positioned to be fed.

Another object of the invention is to iniprove the means for liftingr and feedingr foi'- ward a paper oi' other article.

Another object of the invention is to iinprove the construction of the means for elevatingr the papers or other articles to the path in which they are fed forward.

Another object of the invention is to improve the const ructioii of the suction devices for lifting the papers, etc., and the mechanism bv which said devices` are given their cycle of motion.

Another object of the invention is to improve tlie construction of the elevator shelves, the supports for the shelves and the means for driving and guidingr said supports.

Other objects will appear from the following descri tion of the construction and operation of tie machine.

Patented Det. 13, 1908.

The invention consists in suoli novel features of construction and combination of parts as shall hereinafter he more fully dcscribed alid pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1, represents an end view of a maallel horizontal lines.

'F ig. 2, represents a side elevation of the sainey machine, the folding and wrapping mechanism being omitted as such mechanism forms no part of thel presentI invention.

Fig. 3, represents a plan view of the machine, particularly7 showing the shape of the elevator shelves and the position of the suction feeding-fingers with relation to the shelves and also showing the position of farthest backward .movement of said fingers at the. time they are. depressed against the surface of the upper of a pile of the articles to be fed forward.

Fig. 4, represents an enlarged side view of portions of the machine to illustrate the means for reciprocating the feeding arms and for elevating and depressing the same at the ends of their stroke, this ligure also disclosing features of construction of the elevator mechanism.

Fig. Lt represents a detail side view of parts of thc machine. some of the parts heilig removed.

Fig. 5, represents a detail View of parts of the elevator mechanism.

Fig. 6,

represents a side elevation of parts of the machine to show the detector mechanism, the driving clutch, and the magnetically controlled detent for the clutch, together with the electrical connections between the detector and the magnet for said detent.

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7, represents a vertical sectional view of the clutch for driving the elevator taken on a line 7*7 Fig. 6.

Fig. S, represents a detail view of the detector and its mounting. Fig. t), represents a detail of theI feeding forward of the magazine, etc., and showing the. air blast directed between magazine which is being fed forward and the next succeeding magazine on the pile.

Fig. 10, represents a seetionel View oi the clutch teiten on line l--lll Fig. 7. Fig. fil, represents n Vertioiil sectionel view of Einrts ol the machine teken on line lll-il, "rig, il. Fig. l2, re iresenls en enlerged plen View oi portions of t ie feeding in end of tlie niecliine.

Similer numbers oi reference designate corresponding perte throughout.

Mecliines adopted to fold end Wren newspepers, megezines end other similer erticles re, tor precticsl purposes driven et e high rete of speed. The iirst fold of the peper by suoli` mecliine is generslly mede by ineens of e binde which is brought against the centra-l portion of the peper end forces the seine between guides or into e narrow compartment, the end portions of tlie peper folding towerds the lolsde es central portion of suoli peper is thus forced into the guide. This folding blede is rapidly driven end, to insure the eccurete folding of the peper, it is necessary to lece the e er in erect position between the binde endpte folding guide or guides before the edge of the blede is brought against the peper to indire the 'lirst fold.

For the purposes of tlie present description the terms newspaper end niegezine ere designed to designate any plural number of sheets of peper which lieve received such preliminary securing together loy foldin or festeriing tiret they may, under favore le conditions, be fed forward together, While they require edditionel folding to reduce them to e suiteble size or snaps for Wrapping. lt will therefore be seen tiret the problem to which @attention is herein particularly directed is to tlie eutometic rapid end eccurete handling simultaneously oi e plural number oi sheets, for the feeding forward of the seine end for the erect positioning of tire seme to receive tbe folding blade; end clearly distinguishing between suoli en article and en erticle comprising e single liet sheet ol peper.

in the folding of e recten ler peper or megezine the first fold. slioiil'` ce mede on a line epproximetely parallel with the ends, for it the fold be mede on e line enguler to suoli ends no accurate wrapping of such peper is possible end it presents en ob'ectional egpeerence. Much stress is therelore herein ieced uV on the eccurecy of .action in e mselsine for ceding iorwerd newspapers, magazines, etc.

ln order that the articles under consideretion should be accurately and expeditiously fed forwerd it is importent that their forward movement should not be resisted by the frictionel contest, or Weight, of adjacent similar articles end, for this reason the orticles ere preferably fed from the top of e. pile of suoli erticles.

As one of the newspapers, etc., is fed forwerd from the pile of such articles the height oi3 seid pile is diminished tire tliiclmess oi the scopes newspaper, etc., so ted lorwzird anni, :is the :internati-o vertical mljustmont, or oouipousn.- tion, oi the uwclmuisui for lending loi'wiud 'tlm ucufsunpors must be, in somo demon limited, it is importent that tbc pile ol' newspapers, etc., be elevated from time to time so that the top peper in sucli )ile muy be positioned in the path et wliicli it is preferably enfeged by tlie ineens wliicli foods it forward.

As shown in tbe drawings in its preferred forni tlie machine is nmuutcd on the bese, or bed, 2() ond is mainly supported by the frames 2l end 22 secured to suoli bed :ind having at their upper portions centielly disposed vertical guides 23 end 2l in which any ordinary folding blade 25 may move es is usuel in machines of this clin-rector: provision being also inode botvsocn tlicsc iremos 2i und 22 for e space in which any additional folding end wrapping mechanism may be operatively located. '.llie upper portions oi the frames 2i and 22 being brnccd by the plates 26 end 27, having the curved edges 28 end 29, the slot 30 between such edges being designed to receive tbc peper when tho seme is forced downward by the fiction of tbc blade 25.

At the lower {Jortion of the freine 2l :ire mounted journn.. bearings M -3l iu which the main drive shalt 32 jouinnlod, this shalt being supplied with tbe mein pulley 33, to which power is applied in any nimmer to eii'ect the rotation ol" the. ebelt, uitb the 'pump belt pulley 34 und with ibo sprockets 35 and 35.

from the freine 2l extend the brackets 3'? end. 38 and in tlicsc brackets ere journzilml the ends oi the shaft 39 furnished willi tbe sprocket 40 motion being transmitted from the sprocket 36 to ibis sprocket. l0 by ineens of the chain il working7 'on sii-id sprockets; one reach of this chain also working in ongegement with ilie teeth of the sprocket 42 on the slieft 43 which is journulcd in ai. beuring in the bracket 38 and is provided with the gear le meshing with the idle geur 45, journeled on the. slnilt fifi oxtcndiiugj from the bracket 38, and this lutter gen1' l5 in turn meshing with the geni' 1117 on the sluilt i8 which Slieft is journeled in blocks 3.2) which work in guides in the brackets 37 und 85S, this Shaft i8 being provided with the sprocket 50, Fig. 2, sind with the tope drive pulleys :3l-51 end 52 52. ln the brackets 37 end 38 is mounted the ends of the slniit 53 currying rotatable tope guido pulleys :is 5, lfig. 2, corres onding in number to the number of' the pu leys 51 end 52.

Extending 'from the upper oortion of tbe 'freine 21 are bearings in wliicli is journiiled the shaft 55 on the centred part of which is edjustebly clamped the lever firm 56 ndnpted to yieldingly limit the rocking motion of .its shaft by Contact with the intercepting l s ring 57 secured to the frame 23; on the s aft are adjustably secured pairs of arms .5S-458 and 59-59 res ctively carrying rotatable tape guide pul eys 60e-60 and 61 61, and adjacent to such arms are adjustably clamped, to said'shaft, the arms 6 262,and 63.63 carrying the rotatable take up Guide pulleys 64-64 and 65-65. Onthe rame 22, above the opening 66 in said frame', are the bearings 67--67 and 68--68 in which are rotatably mounted the respective shafts 69 and 70 each furnished with arms 71--71 and 72-72 carrying rotatable ide pulleys 7 3-7 3 and 74- -74. Over thupulleys 73 73 work the feed tapes 75-575`which also work'over the pulleys 54 and 65.near the frame 23 of the machine, likewise theV feed tapes 76-76 work over the pulleys 74-74 and those marked 61-61 and 644-64.

Mounted on the frame 22 are the members 77 and 78 furnished with bearings in which the shaft 79 is mounted, this shaft being supplied with rotatable pulleys y80--80 and 61--61 and bear against the .tapes 75---75y slides 96-96 is mounted to work under the lsecured in t 8 1--8 1, carrying; feedv tapes 82-f82 and -83-83 which also work over the related pulleys 51--51 andf52-52 and 60.60 and and ,764-76 when workingover the pulleys 54 andv 65-,65 and 64--64,. the belts moving.

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On the base 20 is mounted a rotary pump and then alongsideft e u per portion of the framep22 to connect wit r the rigid tubular arm 89 fixed to the guide 24 furnished with the depending flexible. tubes 90. The pipe. 86 has the upwardl extending portion 91 communicating `wit the airA chamber 92 which 1s supported by the cross member 93 having flattened orifices,

Secured in ,perforations ofthe depending portion of thefg'uide 24 are the guide rods 95--95 on which a carriage formed bythe impulses of the arm 97 mounted onthe shaft 98 and pivotally connected with said slides 964-96; theseslides have the downwardly l extending end portions 99--99 towhich are pivoted the levers 100-T100 having the upward extensions 101-101, the wa s 102--102 and the vertically disposed tubu ar portions 103-103 furnished with the tubular branches.

plurality of suction cups 105-105 of rubber or other suitable material vhaving elasticY cushion edges, which cupscommunicatc by 1 representing approximate riphery of the pump drive e frame extensions7 7 and 78 and having the outwardly bent nozzles. 94-.94

means of the tubular portions 103 and 104 65 with the ilexible tube 90 whereby, under actionof the pump 84, air constant y flows int-o the cups 105 and through the communicatin connections to the pump, being thence force through the pi es 86 and 91 to the compart- 70 ment 92 and t ence out through the orifices in the air blast nozzles 9 4-94 for the purposes to be hereafter described. The upward extension of each arm 100 is connected by the spring 106 to the extension 107 of its 75 related slide 96 which spring tends constantly to draw the extension 101 forward to swing its arm 100 downward.

The shaft 98 is journaled in bearings 108 and is rocked to swingthe arm 97 and thus 80 effect the reciprocation of the slides 96, by means of the arm 109 pivotally connected by the link 110 with the cam operated arm 111 which is ivotally mounted on the frame 77 and has t e bearing 112 on which is adapted 85 l to work `the cam path 113 of the cam 114, this cam being .mounted on the shaft 115 vwhich is journaledin bearings in the upper portions of the frames 77 and 78 and is provided with a sprocket 116 to which driving 90 i action is imparted by the chain 117 working overthe sai sprocket and over the sprocket marked .50 which' isdriven by the train of gears marked 47, 45, and 44.

. The cam ,path 113 has a dwell, extending 95 for Vapproximately one halfthe rotation of the cam, and two quickl7 acting portions y the remaining one half ofthe rotation of saidcam, whereby,

as indicated in Fig. 4 ofthe drawing,v a com- 100 plete rotation of" the shaft'115 and the cam 114 carries cam roll 112 rapidly towards the shaft 115, by reason of following the cam path. 113, then rapidlymoved back to the position indicated in saidigure and, at this 1059 point, is. ermittcd to rest while the dwell p orvtion of t e cam is moving over said bearing.

On the shaft 115 are .mounted the cams 118--1 18 onthe higher portions of which the :ways 102-102 of'thefarms 100,.ride when 11Gy the slides 96-96 arefreci rocated under the swinging of the arm 11kt rough the connections of the link 110,-4 the;l arm `109, the shaft 98 and the arm 97, while, when the lower ortions of said cams 118-118 are working 115 i eneathsaid way 102-102`, ythe springs 106 -106 are permittedv to draw the extensions 101e-101 of the arms 100-100 towards the extensions 107-107 of the slides 9 e-96,

thus effecting the swinging ofthe arms 100- 120 A100 downward until the limit of action of the springs is reached or until the suction cupsr 105--105 are intercepted by `some-object, as

by a newspaper or magazine.

Adjacent to the members 77` and 78. and 125 referably securedI theretoare the elevator rames 119-120, and 121, 122, the airs bej ing suitably braced together and eac having parallel vertical guide grooves 12S-123 connected by curved grooves at the upper and lower ends ci these frames. 1n bearings yof vthe respective pairs of elevator frames are journaled the lower shafts 124 and 125 euch furnished with e pair of sprockets 126 and 127 and with a gear 128 and 129, and the upper shafts 13h-131 each provided with the sprockets 132 and 133 carrying sprocket chains 134 and 135.

, At suitable intervals on the chains 134 and 135 are pivoted de ending erms as 136, ll'ig. 5, provided at t eir lower portions with bearings 137, Working in the grooves 123 of the respective elevotor fremes, end having above their pivots the outwardly extending portions 138 furnished with the engularly disposed plates 139 end 140 carrying shelves 141 and the side plates 142; the depending portionsy of the arms 137 act as levers belovvl their pivots to resist the leverage of, the shelves 141, these arms havin their bearings 137 so positiolzied with relation to the distance from their pivots and with reference to the radius of the curved portions ofthe guide grooves 123 that the bearings 137 may readily travel in said groove. vThe shelves 1111 are cut away as shown in Fig. 3 in order that they may pass by the feeding mechanism es the suction cups, 105.

fl'ournaled in beorings on the elevator frames 120 and 122 is the clutch shaft 143 provided with the wormgeers 144 and 115, meshing respectively with the gears 123 end 129 ot the elevator shafts 12d and 125; on said sheft 113 is rotatable the clutch sleeve 145 having the s rocket 147 on which the choin 1113 from t e sprocket 35 Works: this clutch sleeve having the laterally enlarged member 149 carrying the pins or bearings 15G-150. Adjacent to the sleeve 146 and formin en abutment to receive the thrust of soi sleeve is the clutch member 151 keyed to the shsft 143 and carrying the pivoted pewl 152 having the ber 153 end the actuating mem er 154.1, the free end' of which Works in o socket of the rim of the clutch case 155, rotatable on the shett 143 and'having the eripherally disposed teeth 156, a strain eing constantly exerted on this actuating member 154 by the spring 157, connected with said member and with the clutch member 151, to swing the engaging member outward from the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 6 to carry the yfree end of said member into the path of the pins 15() on the constantly driven sleeve member 149, the engagement of one of said pins with said pawl member efl'ectin the rotation of the member 151 and the shaft 143 to which said member is keyed, the clutch case 155 also rotating therewith as the end of the pawl arm 1511 is engaged in the socket of said cese.

pin en aging mem- When it is desiredtoreleese the clutch member 151 from driving connection with the sleeve 146 the rotstion el the case 155 is resisted or revented in any ordinary menner, with t e result that the strain of the spring 1 57 is overcome by the positive en gia-gement of the pawl arm 15/1 with the socket of seid cese While the clutch member 151 still rotates, thus effecting the swinging of the pawl on its pivot until the end of its member 153 is moved outside, towards the shaft 143, the path of the pins thus disengaging the end of said powl arms from the particular pin with which it luis been enu gaged end permitting the sleeve 11116 to roteto independently, 1f now the resistnnce to the movement of the clutch case be removed, the spring 157 will act to draw the crm 1511 of the pawl to effect the outward swinging ol the pawl member 153 to bring the ond there of into the path of the pins 150, the cose 155 being also caused to partially rotate by the action of said spring.

As the preferred means for interrupting the rotation of the clutch cese 155 to ellect the release of the shaft 143 from driving connection with the sleeve 115, thus controlling the driving of the elevators, the detent 15S is pivotally mounted on the treme member 7 8 to swing vertically above the case 155 and this detent hos a tooth 159 adopted to ein gage one of the teeth or ste s 156 of seid coso to interrupt the rotation t iereo, the down Ward swinging of the toothed end of the de* tent being effected by the spring 1GO mounted on the frame 73 and connected with the det-ent.

lt is evident that the detent 158 nifty be controlled in any suitable manner from any desired movable part of tho machine but, es the peripheral ofiice of said detcnt is, in effect, to control feeding oi groups, or piles, of newspapers or other articles vertically to s. point from whence the topmost peper or article mcy be fed forward, it is preferred that the detent action should be controlled by the presence or non-presence of a paper, or crticle, at such point.

For the purpose of controlling this detent magnetically the detent is provided with the bar or plate 161 adapted to be attracted by the cores of the magnets 162 when such cores are magnetically excited by s current of electricity passing through the coils thereof. This magnet is supported on the frame 7S at e suitable distance above the detent ond its coils are connected, by an electric circuit X-Y including the battery B or other source of electric energy, with the post 163 mounted on tho air chamber 92, and insulated (electricnllyl therefrom, and with the electric Contact 164 mounted on said post 163 and electrically insulated therefrom. @n the post 163 is pivotally mounted the copper detector 165 adapted when released, to drop onto the contact 164 and thus complete the electric circuit through the ma net.

The detector 165 is suiiicient y long to extend over the vertical path in which the papers are moved when on the elevator shelves but is not long enough to intercept the edges of the shelves when no papers are present, when, therefore the detector is sustained, as by the presence oi a paper, out of contact with the contact 164 the electric circuit is interrupted and the-detent rests in the position shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings, but if the circuit be completed, as by the detector 165 resti f on the contact 164, the electric circuit wi' be completed, the bar 161 will be attracted by the energizing of the magnet cores and the clutch case 155 will be released, thus permitting the action of the spring 157 to swing the pawl to the engaging position as has been above described.

The elevator chains are arra ed to be so driven by their connections wit the shaft 14:3 that the elevator shelves are moved upward between the elevator frame-s, and downward at the outer sides of said frames, following the courses of the elevator chains over their sprockets.

lf now power tbe applied to the pulleyr 33 by any suitable belt a the parts in driving connection therewith through the medium of chains, belts, or gear of any nature will be set in motion. The pump 84 will be driven to draw in air through the suction cups 105 of the ieedin arrns 100 and to expel the air through the last nozzles 94.

The operation of the machine will best be understood by following a news aper, magazine, etc., from. the manual p aclng oi the sarne 'on one oli the shelves 141 ci the elevator to the positioning of the apers, etc., against the stop 166-166l and under the springs 167-167 by which reverse movement oi the paper is prevented, the side edge ci the paper being at the same time guided :py the guides 168-168 on the plate 26.

he mace being in operation, a pile oi newspapers, magazines, or other articles, is placed on a air of the shelves 141-141 between the eevator stacks, the sides 142- 142 protectin the end edges of the papers and guiding t ern when the papers are fed from the shelves. li the machine has been started without irst supplying the shelves with papers, or if the top paper, marked l" todistinguish it as the paper next to be fed iorward h'om the other papers P-p, is below the path in which it is to be acted upon by the suction cups, 105 the detector 165 will rest on the contact 164 and the circuit Abeing closed through the magnet 162 the detent 158 will be held out of engagement with the teeth 156 of the clutch case 155 and the shalt 143 will be driven from the sprocket 147 throu h the medium of the clutch connection, t us eilecting the rotation ci the worms 144-144 and of their related gears 128 to rotate the shaft on which said latter gears are mounted and to drive the elevator chains thus moving the shelves 141-141 upward between the elevator frames or stacks until the detector is intercepted alud raised from the contact 164 when the electric circuit will be broken and the detent 158 will be released by the magnets and permitted to drop to a position where its tooth 159 may engage one of the teeth 156 of the clutch case to release the clutch as has above been described.

Particular attention is called to Figs. 1 and 4, where it is clearly shown that the detector 165 is positioned below the lateral path defined by the feedtapes 7 5 and 76 and 82-82 in passing over the plates 26 and 27 and below the oriiices in the nozzles 941-941, hence when the top paper oi a pile, moved upward b the elevator, engages said detector and li ts it from the contact 164, the elevator will stop with the uppermost paper of the pile approximately opposite the orifices in the nozz es 94-94 and with its upper surface slightly below the lateral path in which it is designed to be moved by the feed tapes 75-76 and 82-82.

One reason for stopping the elevator with the' uppermost paper s ightly below the path of the feed tapes is that the lrictional contact between the paper being fed forward and the next paper below should be broken by the necessary lifting of the up errnost paper to carry its edge between t e feed tapes. Another reason for so stopping the elevator and then lifting the up ermost paer is to admit air beneath said paper to break the suction between the two adjoining papers, whether such air be under ordinary atmospheric ressure or under the greater pressure supp ied from the nozzles 94:.

With the up ermost paper or magazine F in position to ift the detector 165, which is the position shown in Fig. 6 oi the drawi s, said paper F is also in position to receive t e suction cups 105-105 when the ends oi the arms 100 are depressed by the action oi the springs 106. As the flexible edges of these cups adjust themselves on the surface of the paper to exclude air while the drawing action of the pump exhausts the air within the cups, the atmospheric' pressure will e'fect such an intimate contact between the paper and the cups that the a er may be raised by the cu s and carrie orward.

When t e suction cups 105 with the forward edge portion of the pa er, etc., F are lifted, to bring the forward e ge of the paper in the path in which it is fed forward, by the action of the cams 118 against the arms 100, the forward edge of the paper, preferably the bound edge, is reised shove the orifices in the nozzles 94, so that the sir issuing from seid oriiices, under ressure, posses between the lower surface othe uppermost peper :md the upper surface of the next peper P thereliv ell'ecuiiliy eil'eetiney the sepemion of the suine end ulso tending to release the moving: peper from the next lower peper and to overcome :my tendency to creste rictionei msgnetisni es s. result of drawing one peper over the other under circumstances which may arise. The sir passing from the nozzles 9i: also tends to lift.- tlle peper es it moves forward. The position now assumed by the peper, eiter its forward edge has been lifted is supposed to ne epproximately represented in Fig. oi the drawings, and the mechanism shown therein is new designed to carry the arm lli forward by reason of its hearing i12 following the path oi the cem i153; this, of course, effects the rocking,r of the shaft 98, by ineens the link il() and ldie erm 10Q, to swing the arm 97 sind :move the slides 95`95 forward, that is in the direction in which the peper is to loe fed; this movement of the ernis l0@ cerries forward the palper ll until the iront edge thereof is brought between the feed topes "l5- 17o und s2-82 as such tripes pass eround the pulleys 73 and 80, the pulleys 73 being permitted to yield some what, et this time, hy reason olf their srnis being pivoted. the forward edge of the peper l? is engsg between feed tripes the iorwerd movement of the erms lo() ceases end they ere new moved backward, ilse rictionsl engagement of the feed tapes with @bhe peper and the forward impetus given thereto, by the tapes beinginore rapidly driven tiren ere the erxns 1GO, being` su'icient to releese the peper from the suction of the cups i195. The peper is now fed sions; oe-

tween tile tapes until is intercepted by the stop 166 and is held lijf the spring 167 in osition to lie forced through the opening oetween the pistes 26 andy 27 liv the downufsrd movement ot any suitable folding blade.

As the edge of the uppermost paper is moved upward from the pile oi pepers the detector 165 swings upward on its pivot until the edge of the peper clears the end of the detector i165, the detector then felling beck onto the upper surface oi the next peper of the pile, ii suoli surfece is above the end oi the Contact 154; il such surface oi the, now, uppermost peper of the pile is below seid contsct, that is Tselow the point et which it should loe for 'the feeding forward, then the detector strikes the Contact in felling end effects the closing of the electric circuit to release the detent end permit the operation oi the clutch.

l lieve expressly used the terms newspapers, megezines, and other objects es including any erticle er olog'ects which this machine in songes l do not desire lo limit :insult lo the spollllLLUIlSllllCllil llililllislli ll :l.l\l\l1.\i`l`\la\\l. for l understand iluii the simio uur) lm rou siderzilily modilicd uiilioui depui-linpirom the spirit ol' my invention, lor instruire, the means lor elevatingY i lie pile ol` pepers muy lio changed, or the menus for i'r-edin; the papers from the elevator; .uiecluinicsl moans muv also he used for conirolling the driving4 ol the elevator from the detector or its equivalent, and other chsnges muy lio huido.

Hoving thus dcscrilied my invention, l chi-iin us new und desire to secure hy Letters Patent,

i.. A machine for feeding oll newspifpors, etc., from piles comprisingy upper :ind lower series of irictioiml feeding)r devices one oi `which iq mounted to jvicld it 'the engaging point, und is lrictionully driven, n4 carriage mounted to slide, moons for reciprmuiting said carriage, feeding :irms pivot/ull)Y mounted on thc curriiigi'o, ruins on which seid zirms ride during; the rcciproczilion ol the eiiiriuigo, siiid coms heilig sluiped to permit the dew prossimi of seid iirms.

2. A machine for lending oil newspapers, etc.; from piles comprisingii carriage mounted to slide, means lor reciprocating siiid curA ringe, feed arms pivotcd to the wirriugie, cuius on which the :irme rifle durini,r the movement of the carriage, nu ns for roliiiing: the coins, siiid calms heine; sluiped lo pormit the depression oi hc arms onlyY ul. the retracted position of tho carriage :md lo move said :irms upward before the loruiird movement of the carriage, upper und lower series ol frictioniil leeding menus deliningg :i puth of movement: heloiv the path in which seid carriage slides, tional fee-ding means heilig yioldingl)` mounted und irictionullkvv driven.

3, A. machine lor feeding; oil' newspapers, ctc.; from piles comprising' upper und lovvor leed tapes the upper olI which is iriciomiil)v driven, defining u. interni piith, u, ciirrizigo mounted to slide shove seid polli, zirms pivotidly mounted on the carriage nml luiving suction cups, sprin,r moons for exerting ai. strain on seid :irms to move the free ends ol' the suine down'vrurd, rotiitiihle cuius adopted to support the arms against seid spriugs li1ringr the movement oi" the curriiigc :ind :it times to permit the springs to uct, und menus for movin;r the carriage.

l. A muchine l'or leerling oll' newspapers, etc, from piles comprisinpr upper imdlowcr series of feed tripes the upper series ol' which is yieldingl)r mounted und is irictioimlly driven by Contact with the loiver series, ineens for movingr i pile of newspapers, ctc., vertically, including,r u, clutch connection adopted to loc released hy resistingl the move-- the upper ol sziid i`ric- I 'lOO e eoonlae positioned to intercept said pu ersf amd e magnet, und a` detent,4 for` sui rotatable clutch, pivotally mounted and `adapted to be attracted by suid magnet when-the cirl cult is closed., en Vair vblast located slightly above seid v.clrcult breaker,Send-eczrriagev mounted to slide `:fleuve the level of said cirl :11n testimony .whereof I u'ilx my signature cuit breaker and providedl with depiessibleglO arms'furnished wlth mouth pieces forming t air inlets'as described.

in presence of two' witnesses. 4

y GEORGE L. RICHARDS.

Witnesses:

` S. Go0sTRAY, H. J MILLER.

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@amber i3, E90@ @pcm this applicati@ of George L. Midlands, @f

v M fxlfmais, for an improvement in Machines for Feeding; @ff New @wouw mt amd prind- Neilsen Mailing Machinery Company, whcremm y y .M ma th@ amd Letten 'Pmt should be mad with. this corrcticm mami@ thai? @ame my @mfom to th@ record of the canse in the Pat/am Gi.

Signe@ @and @mhd @hmmm my 0f Novemner, A.. D., 1908.

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